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Tuesday, April 19, 2016

Change: What's So Hard About It?

Orva came to
work for me after retiring. She wasn’t
ready to retire, so at seventy she worked part-time to help me promote my new
radio program. After being in the radio
business for thirty-five years, she knew how to do it, and she had
connections. What a blessing to have
Orva on my team. She had the energy and
drive of a forty-year-old.

But – there
was this thing called a computer! She had never used one before, and I had
computerized our operation from the beginning.
In order to work for me, she would have to learn to use a computer at
age seventy. Most people would have
said, “I can’t learn a computer; I’m too old,” and never even tried. But not Orva.

“I’m not
going to let some machine get the best of me,” was her attitude. So she tackled that computer. Only later did
I learn how frightened she was of it; she never let on. But little by little she learned how to use
that computer. By rote, for the most part, but efficiently and effectively.

Orva was
willing to take a risk, to stick her neck out, and to change the way she had
done things all through her career. She
didn’t try to talk me out of using computers; she knew it was the way of the
future. So she changed herself.

Change – It’s
just a word. But when you try to change, you discover it’s more than just a
word – it’s a challenge. Few of us
welcome change into our lives; most people go kicking and screaming into any
kind of change. It’s risky; it’s unknown; it’s uncomfortable; it’s hard work.
No wonder w run from it. But we can never improve or grow without
changing. Thriving from nine to five is
directly related to your willingness to change.